'An even more interesting thing is the crowd's reaction to the fight.'

'The difference now is that the best of the younger crowd seem to regard the screen as more attractive.'

'It's only when you retire to the loos and find a whole crowd smoking there that you realise that the flight has been delayed two hours.'

'Conal did three encores and the whole crowd got to their feet, clapped, cheered and just refused to sit down.'

'free-thinkers who don't follow the crowd'

'I try to be humble in my martial arts, but in my movie career I can not be like that or I will get lost in the crowd.'

'Unless the manager reaches a level of excellence and effectiveness that sets him apart from the others whom he is managing, he will be merely a face in the crowd and not an achiever.'

'How do you stand out from the crowd when the crowd is among the loudest, wildest concentrations of extrovert party animals on the face of the Earth?'

'What is striking about the book is where it did not follow the crowd.'

'Those trying to separate themselves from the crowd are inadvertently joining a large crowd of people who no one would want to be associated with in the first place.'

'As with most things, I'm not interested in following the crowd or doing the same things as other people.'

'The band doesn't really turn in a single bad song here, though a few stand especially tall above the crowd.'

verb

(of a number of people) fill (a space) almost completely, leaving little or no room for movement.

'A few head south for university, but find it hard to adjust to crowded cities and often return within weeks.'

'But a V-shaped column crowds the central area, and the heavy structure oppresses the space.'

'Tempting to send them off in the wrong direction I know, but the pavements are crowded enough round here as it is.'

'Four hundred other destitute families crowd a relief camp in a school a few kilometres up the road.'

'Instead of a healthy quota of 40 trees an acre, the region is crowded with as many as 568 an acre.'

'In the very crowded skies of north-east America, planes are restricted to very tightly controlled lanes.'

'Two strides take a visitor into the only other room, where a bed, TV, couch and computer table crowd the compact space.'

'We moved to rural Norfolk from Hong Kong, which at that point was the most crowded city in the world.'

'It didn't hurt that large numbers of both buyers and sellers have crowded the field.'

'Still, flu sufferers are crowding emergency rooms all across the country.'

'they crowded into the cockpit'

'Soldiers had to get their protective suits and respirators on within nine seconds, and then crowded into vehicles and underground shelters.'

'Hundreds of people were crowding into the chapel.'

'Hundreds of thousands visit York every year: most of them crowding into Coney Street on Saturday afternoon.'

'Not wanting to be completely outdone, the men hurried uneasily after her and crowded into the cramped space of the dank cave.'

'Around 300 farmers and hauliers crowded into the building.'

'Everyone parades onto the plane, crowding into 25 rows each only four seats wide. All the tourists promptly make themselves known by nicking the in-flight magazines as souvenirs.'

'You can just imagine the wind howling round outside while everyone crowds into a stone cottage, a fire roaring in the grate and a group of friends simply playing together for the sheer fun of it.'

'We crowded into the theatre space and took a place on the concrete floor, crouching in the darkness in anticipation.'

'There are 30 men crowding into houses in residential neighborhoods.'

'‘People from wealthier neighbourhoods have benefited most from the expansion of higher education - they are the ones who are crowding into universities,’ said an independent report.'

'There was silence for a few seconds and then everyone crowded round.'

'I followed her into the back room and there were about 50 guys crowded round a small black & white TV.'

'‘We had a really good turnout, with lots of people crowding round the cars and getting some ideas,’ she said.'

'Before I knew it I was sitting out in the hallway with half the family crowded round, trying to help stop the blood flow that simply wouldn't clot.'

'They crowded round and watched the water boil for hours, and afterward they poured the water into a glass.'

'If you think about World Cups, you get women and kids crowding round the TV to watch Scotland who wouldn't usually be interested.'

'Yes, she'll miss the glamour, the gaggle of schoolgirls crowding round for autographs.'

'The crucial thing is to stick to our jobs and not all crowd round the first problem that comes in.'

'Or maybe you vividly remember watching the occasion unfold in monochrome as you crowded round a black and white TV with family and friends.'

'Although Paul loves cooking, he doesn't like the idea of a separate dining-room, which he feels detracts from the social aspect of preparing food, and likes to have his friends crowd round the large table.'

Move too close to (someone)

'Though we were separated by a large teak desk, Bur still managed to crowd me in somehow.'

'They'll crowd so close to the wagon that sometimes you've got to ask them to step back.'

'Tell her that you want to be her friend, but she crowds you too much.'

'He walked over and sat beside her with enough room that he wasn't crowding her.'

'A rush ensues while I bag everything as the next customer usually starts crowding me.'

'When I return to the flat from my clinic I crouch down and the dogs crowd me, shoving and licking my face.'

'Dara and Mac don't need me crowding their space when they return from their honeymoon.'

'I was use to working in the warehouse where there was lots of room and you were never crowded.'

'He had a refined judgement in poetry, and at one time had a fine library of English literature, before his mathematical collection crowded it out.'

'The reason you have such a low lamprey count is the leeches crowded them out.'

'The tendency of men to intimidate women drivers by constant honking and crowding them out needs to be dealt with strictly.'

More definitions

noun

1.
a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people.

2.
any large number of persons.

3.
any group or set of persons with something in common: The restaurant attracts a theater crowd.

4.
audience; attendance: Opening night drew a good crowd.

5.
the common people; the masses: He feels superior to the crowd.

6.
a large number of things gathered or considered together.

7.
Sociology. a temporary gathering of people responding to common stimu

Origin

(crowd)Old English crūdan ‘press, hasten’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruien ‘push in a wheelbarrow’. In Middle English the senses ‘move by pushing’ and ‘push one's way’ arose, leading to the sense ‘congregate’, and hence (mid 16th century) to the noun.

Phrase

stand out from the crowd

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